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Until now there has been only one source of data on global fishery catches: information reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by member countries. An extensive ten-year study conducted by The Sea Around Us Project of the University of British Columbia shows that this catch data is fundamentally misleading. Many countries underreport the amount of fish caught (some by as much as 500%) while others such as China significantly overreport their catches. The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries is the first and only book to provide accurate country-by-country fishery data. This groundbreaking information has been gathered from independent sources by the world's foremost fisheries experts and edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us Project. The Atlas includes one-page reports on 272 nations or regions plus fourteen topical global chapters. National reports describe the state of the country's fishery by sector; the policies politics and social factors affecting it; and potential solutions. The global chapters address cross-cutting issues from the economics of fisheries to the impacts of mariculture. Extensive maps and graphics offer attractive and accessible visual representations. While it has long been clear that the world's oceans are in trouble the lack of reliable data on fishery catches has obscured the scale and nuances of the crisis. The atlas shows that globally catches have declined rapidly since the 19805 signalling an even more critical situation than previously understood. The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries provides a comprehensive picture of our current predicament and steps that can be taken to ease it. For researchers students fishery managers professionals in the fishing industry and all others concerned with the status of the world's fisheries the Atlas will be an indispensable resource.

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Until now there has been only one source of data on global fishery catches: information reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by member countries. An extensive ten-year study conducted by The Sea Around Us Project of the University of British Columbia shows that this catch data is fundamentally misleading. Many countries underreport the amount of fish caught (some by as much as 500%) while others such as China significantly overreport their catches. The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries is the first and only book to provide accurate country-by-country fishery data. This groundbreaking information has been gathered from independent sources by the world's foremost fisheries experts and edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us Project. The Atlas includes one-page reports on 272 nations or regions plus fourteen topical global chapters. National reports describe the state of the country's fishery by sector; the policies politics and social factors affecting it; and potential solutions. The global chapters address cross-cutting issues from the economics of fisheries to the impacts of mariculture. Extensive maps and graphics offer attractive and accessible visual representations. While it has long been clear that the world's oceans are in trouble the lack of reliable data on fishery catches has obscured the scale and nuances of the crisis. The atlas shows that globally catches have declined rapidly since the 19805 signalling an even more critical situation than previously understood. The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries provides a comprehensive picture of our current predicament and steps that can be taken to ease it. For researchers students fishery managers professionals in the fishing industry and all others concerned with the status of the world's fisheries the Atlas will be an indispensable resource.

Returns policy

We want you to be entirely happy with your order from start to finish but, if for any reason you change your mind about your order or if your order arrives faulty, please click here to view our full Delivery and Returns policy including information regarding postcode restrictions.

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